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JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Stroudsbur?, Pa. An gust 14, 1840.
Terms, $2,00 m advance; $2.25, naif yearly : and $2,50 if "hot
paiu wuoic uic enu oi uicyear.
CAH5I5ATJE OF THE PEOPLE,
POR PRESIDENT:
Gen. William Henry Harrison,
OF OHIO."
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
John Tyler,
OF VIRGINIA.
" EILECTOItAlL TICKET."
SENATORIAL.
Jclin A. Sltulxe, of Lycoming,
Josepit I&ilner, of Cumberland,
DISTRICTS.
1 Levis Passmore, 12 John Dickson,
2 Gadwallader Evans-, 13 John M'Keehan,
Charles Waters, 14 John Reed,
3 Jona. Gillingham, 15 Nathan Beach,
1 Amos Ellmaker, 1G Ner Middleswarth.
John K. Zcilin, 17 Geonre Walker.
A. R. Mlllvaine, IS Bernard Con nelly
5 Rohert Stinson, 19 Gen. Joseph Markle
C William S.Hendrie 20 Justice G.Fordyce,
t j. jenK-ms koss.
S Peter Filbert,
9 William Adams,
10 John Harper,
11 Win. jPEhvaine,
22 Hariner Dennev
23 Joseph Buffington,
24 James Montgomery
2o John Dick.
"Who is General Harrison ? The son of one of
v-vi.. t unworn ouau. ill vuhl: i wo j
the signers of the Declaration of Indepencence;
who spent the greater part of his large fortune in
-reueeminrr the pledge he then rave, of his 'fortune,
me ana sacreu nonor, 10 secure me aoerties 01 ms
f i . . . r
country. Of the career of General Harrison I
need not speak: the history of the "West is his his-
tbrv. For fortv vears hehas been identified with
its interests, its penis and its hopes. Universal-
3y. beloved in the walks of peace, and distinguish
ed by his ability in the councils of his country, he
tias been yet more illustriously distinguished m
the field. During the late war, he was longer in
active service than any other general officer he
was, perhaps, oftener in action than any one of,
ihem, and never sustained a defeat.
- To the friends of
HARRISON, T FILER. & RSFOR?!!
CHEAPER STILL ! !
As the miscalled "Monroe Democrat," has
been offered at a lower rate than the usual-price 1
from now until after the Election, to adveate
the odious Sub-Treasury Bill, and bolster up
the sinking cause of Yan Buren : and being
determined that the People's Press shall con-
vey information as cheaplyas the office-holders,
-although, not receiving pay from the county,
,mt nwl'o flip'frillnwirifr mnnnisitiftn . j. I
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All payments lo be in advance.
ll is amusing to hear how the Locos answer
the arguments which have been advanced
against the sub-treasuryibill, and the reckless
extravagance of the present administration.
Tell them that the sub-treasury bill, is a bill to
confer greater power upon the President than
lie now has ; that in addition to his power as
Commander in Chief of the awny and navy, it
gives liim also the controul of the purse, and
how are you answered? Down with the Banks!
is the reply. Tell them, aye and prove it to
them, thai-the sub-lreasury had its origin inhe
practice of lhe Princes of Europe, and that the
opinion of twenty two Sovereigns, was used by
Van Burcn as an argument, why a Republic
shouldfollow the example of Kings, and adopt
a sub-lreasury, as a proper mode for collecting,
safe keeping, and disbursing, the public reven
ue; tell thorn that no other President ever ad
vocated or ea"on countenanced such a project,
antl what is the answer 7 Why, that this bill
is n "source of much rejoicing among the noble
hearted Democracy of the Country." Tell them
' thaftwhen' Gen. Jackson retired from office, the
Rational debt was paid off, and that .there was
u surplus of from thirty to forty "millions of dol
lars in the treasurv, and that General Jackson
.said he left the pepple prosperous and jiappy"
irill ihem that the expenses of Government
Lnve increased since then, from eighteen to
jUfirty beve-n millions per year, and what do
'they Jaay ? "The Bunks suspended specie
pay.xnonts and would not pay their depositors a
dollar." Ask them whether the government
. over -lost a dollar by the United States Bank;
vjheliar.ike has not paid every farthing to
ovpriiment as iast as it became due ; who re-
-'moved-'the deposites from the United Stales
:Bank -and placed tliem-innhe "Pet" or uDc
yositts Batiks" wtiieh suspended and could ot;l
.,h) up, and what i.s the reply? Huzza for
" ji Burcn.and dowu.v.iih the Banks! Toll
-than that they lt&ve had tlie power in their
own. lianas, tor the last -ten vlars, that instead
of the currency which we had before they com-
mencedtinkering with it, (and which is ad
milted to have been as good as any in the
world) we have now a currency as bad as any
in the world-tell them that instead of the gold
and silver they promised the people, they have
lSSUed payable one year af.cr
uaie, anu. oeannff lmerest ai mo raie 01 two
per cent that instead ot having a surplus
revenue we are now in debt, and the only an
swer you will get is, Granny Harrison !
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The recent meeting of the friends of Harri
son, at Easton, lias we perceive, made the self
destructive Editor of the "Democrat & Argus,"
I perfectly rabid not satisfied with blackguard
ing men, he has commenced abusing females.
We are not much surprised at this ; for the
creature who) by his conduct at home, has of
ten constrained his own wife to leave his house,
cannot be expected to have much regard for
decency or morality.
We ask attention to (he thrilling " frontier
sketch'' on our first page, asJaFstriking illustra
tion of the old saying that truth is strange
even stranger than fiction." It is matter for cu-"
rious reflection, that there are persons still liv-
jring in the vicinity who distinctly recollect
when this county was the Northern frontier of
this 0f Pennsylvania, and when almost
every plantation was the scene of an incident,
similar to the one so eloquently described.
Such has been the changes in our population,
that few of the present residents, are aware of
the decree of imrmrtnnce ntLieltnrl to news
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iro,iI "ua 4ua"er uunng ine r rencn ana muian
wars the papers of that period are filled with
letters from the raagistrates of lhe tlien countv
, . . ,
I n t YnrlhimnlAn mrinir 1 ha n-innt nninhil HAtnio
ui iwiUimi.ji.uUj '""6 uanjoiinui ucwxiiq
0f the sufferings of our forefathers, when the
.,v . , .1, r v. ti ir
settlements north of the Blue Mountain were
visitea oy tne savages witn tire ana deatn, ac-
companied with all the horrors of Indian war
fare. The publication office of this paper is
situated almost within the limits of old fort
Hamilton, one of that chain of fortified posts
erected by the Province for the protection of
the inhabitants, in the winter of 1756. Fort
Norris-stood in Chcstnuthill .township, its re
mains being still distinctly visible, though, near
ly levelled by the plough. We are promised
Jby a subscriber, a large collection of curious
documents and historical facts relative to the
early settlement of our countv, which will'm
hdue season be laid before our readers'
Next week we will commence the narrative
of the remarkable adventures of Moses" Van
Campen, a native ol tins county among the. In
dians.
7 . . ... i :n
now in progress ol erection and nearly com
Dieted, on tne Lenigh near Whitehaven, at
dam No. 2, were entirely destroyed by fire a
few days since it is attributed to a segar or
match being cccidentally thrown among the sha
vings one of them was, the property of Tay-
lor & Brock.
The Election news from the West so far as
received, are cheering to the cause of Reform
next week we hope to give particulars.
latest Hfews from Europe.
By trie Steamer Great Western, which ar
rived at New-York on Sunday morning last,
after a passage of 15 days, wehave advices
from London up to the 24th July.. The weath
er for three weeks previous had been unfavor
able lo the harvest, though we must'fobservef
that there may yet be a tolerable crop wejhave,
in this country, seen too much of these false
symptoms to allow of their deceiving us agaig.
American State Slocks weje in improved de
mand, and considerable sales had been made of
them. Pennsylvania Stocks were 10 per cent,
higher, than they had been a month previous,
being in extensive demand at 83 1-2 a 84. This
is attributed wholly to the tax bill passed by
our Legislature. The political news is not
important, unless the entire expulsion of the
Carlists from Spain be so considered. Nothing
laterfrom China. Father Mathew, the great
Temperance Reformer of Ireland-, is gaining
thousands of new converts every clay.
We invite'every honest man in the United
Stales to read the following circular letter of:
the Hon. James Graham to his constituents,
i
and see how clearly imposition and fraud are i
detected and exposed. Messrs. Montgomery
and Hawkins, and the eight witnesses, have
waked up tle wrong passenger" when they se
cretly fioo'ded Mr. Grahams district with their
dirty little Thumb-paper in favor of malefactors
and violators of law.
TO THE FREEMENOFTHE TWELFTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRIPT OF N.
CAltOtlNA. V"
Fellow-Citizens : Before the last Con-
gressional election when 1 publicly addressod j J;
the people in my district, I informed them I
woukLat ibfi' polls vote for. Gen. Harrison,
if he were nominated for the Presidency.
I did not then intend or expect again tojjaddress
you on that.subject ; Jbelieving when the peo
ple had all the principles and services of the
candidatejfoiWy before them, they would make
a judicious choice. But to my surprise and re
gret I have seen, a circular letter signed and
published Sy the Hon. W. Montgomery, and
the Hon. M. T. Hawkins, two of the
Van Buren members of Congress, from North
Carolina grossly misrepresenting the opinions
of Gen. Harrisoivand deceiving thepeopIu
while they pretend to refer to his recorded
votes and public acts. l$pv I think those who
fill honorable stations, (like witnesses in law)
should tell the whole truth' and nor pub
lish a part of a law approved by Gen Harris
on, and withhold and suppress a pan, (and a
very important pari too) on the same subject
and approved by him on the same day. ,JFor
instance, in their circular letter they publish
two sections (trie 30th and 31st) of the Indiana
laws ; leaving out and entirely omitting the 9th
section of the law?in the same book, on the
same suoject nowno me law and the testimo'-
ny.
The only part oKthe Indian law published by
W. Montgomery, asid M. T. Hawkins, in their
letter is the following :
Extract from the Laws of the Indiana Territory,
pnntea at Vincennes. mi Messrs. Stout and
Smoot,in 1807 .and noio in tlie Library of the
otate Department Washington City.
CHAPTER VI. AN ACT RESPECTING CRIMES AND
j PUNISHMENTS.
Sec. 30. When any person or persons shall,
on conviction of any crime or breach of any
penal law, be sentenced to pay a fine or fines,
with ofvvithout the costs of prosecution, it shall
and may be lawful' for the court, beforoiwhom
suck conviction shall be had, to order the sher
iff to sell or hire the person or persons so con
victed to service ro any person or persons who
will pay the said fines or costs for such term
of time as the said court shall judge reasonable
And if such person or persons so sentenced
and hired, shall abscond from his or her mas
ter or mistress before the term of such servi
tude shall be expired, he or she so absconding
shall on conviction before a justice, of the peace
be whipped with thirty-nine stripes, and shall
moreover serve two days for every one so
lost.
Sec. 3L The judges of the several courts
of record in this Territory shall give this act
in chargejo thcgrand jury at each andtgevery
court in whicS grand jury shall be sworn.
fWI JESSE B. THOMAS.
Speaker of , the House of Rcercsentatives.
15. CHAMBERS.
President of the Council.
Approved, September 17, 1807.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
After they Sdya part of the Indiana laws
(and -one vote from the journals of Ohio, on
which, I believe thev lav no stress and make no
comment,) they obtain the following certificate:
"At the requst of the Hon. William Montgomery
and Hon. M. T. Hawkins,-, certify the foregoing
copy of an extract from a law passed in the Ter
ritorial Assembly of Indiana, and signed by Wm.
II. Ilarisson, as Gov. of said Territory, andthe ex
tract from the journal of the State of Ohio, are tru
ly copied.
Pill AC T'TC'tltIT
Henry W. Connor,
Henry Hill,
James J. McKay,
J. A. Byntm."
Rout. Strange,
B. Brown,
Chas. Shehartj,.
Well, after W. Montgomery and M. T. Haw
kins have got aparlok thelaws of indianain their
letter, and procured tlie whole of their pollitical
friends from North Carolina to bear witness that
the extracts which they set forth " are truly
copied," they begin to assail andfceharge Gen.
Harrison with holding sentiments he never ex
pressed, antl supporting laws he never approved;
but, in connection with another material part
which they OHiitt&d and jumped over. But, I
will giea?nple of the most unfounded and
most unjust charges contained in their celebra
ted circular letter. They ask the people in
tones of deep distress and long lamentation
"How would vou feel to see one of your pooi
but resDectable and rrood neichbor men sold at
Auction by the sheriff of your county as a slave,
jiL! Tr . , a. . T - 1 A A
unueigtnis Harrison law, iu sumu uuvi nuyxu ; mm
only think of what would be your feelings to see
one of your poor but respectable neighbor women
knocked off imder the sheriff's hammer to a free
negro as his slave, to be under his commands, and
compelled to obeuthem, whatever' they might be;
ipd should she r1s?sl and disooey ana leave ner
Slack master's seivice. and he should apprehend
her, and draff her before a single justice of the
peace, and, under f.his Harrison law, have thirty
nine lashes inflicted upon his white female slave,
and then compel her to serve two days for every
one she had lost from her black master's service,
would you be willing to vote for such a man as
President ?"
We have authority as high as Heaven itself,
for saying the truth is great, and it shall pre
vail. Now let me give you that 9th section of
the law which was omitted and not' published by
W. Montgomery and M. T . Hawkins m their
letter, and then you will see the whole law,
and the whole truth, and sec how triumphantly
General Harrison will stand acquitted of the
charge so unjustly'made against him, of having
approved a law, whereby poir white men and
poor women might be sold at public auction as
slaves to free negroes.
"9. No negr, mulatto or Indian, shall at any
time purchase a;;y servant other than of their oion
complexion, and if any of the persons aforesaid,
shall nevertheless presume lo purchase a white
servant, such servant shall immediately begome free,
and shall be so held, deemed and taken."
Now see, (with your own eyes,) the gross
imposition practised on the peopleand the rank
injustice done to General Harrison bypublish-
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mg a part anu not tne lonoie oi me inuiana law;
all
sections were approved and signed
jsamc day, when he was in 1 807
acting unjler the appointment of Mr. Jefferson
as Governor ofuhat Territory.
This one-sifled evidence and one-half prac
tice of proving propositions is very dangerous,'
and would lead to deplorable consequences.
Suppose a cunning, artful Infidel, or rather an
Atheist, who was desirous of sowing and spread
ing liis own poisonous sentiments, should as
sert and publish to the people, thai" there is no
God," and call upon eight witnesses to certify
that he had truly copied and taken that extract
I .1 -w-v . . . r n 1 i
irom tne liible itself. It the people nad no
other method of deriving information aud relied
upon that, the proolwould be positive and un
contradicted. But if thev would search and
read the Bible, they would see a vcjv import
ant part had heen omitted and left out ; and
when the whole sentence was read correctly,
it was this. " the fool hath said in his heart, there
is no God." So that the meaning and sense of
divine truth is totally changed by reading the
whole sentence together.
In 1807, when Indiana was almost a wilder
ness, when jails were scarce, when money was
scarce, and taxes very high, the Legislature of
that 1 erntory, right fresh irom the people, pass
ed a law declaring when a grand jury found a
mil oi indictment against any person, and he
Jwasconvicted thereon by the petit jury before
the court, aud sentenced to pay a fine and costs
as a punishment for sins and crimes ; if they
were not paid, then the court might order the
sheriff to hire or sell lhe convicted defendantto
labor and work a reasonable time with some
person, (no blacker than himself,) to pay the
fite and costs of the prosecution. Gen. Harri
son approved and .signed this law, as Governor
of that new Territory ; and W. Montgomery
and M. T. Hawkins censure him for it. Well,
now, I want to know what is to be done wiih
rogues? Are they to steal without conviction
or punishment? or if convicted, who shall pay
the costs ; the hard working tax-payers of the
county, or the idle rogues ? When a felon has
been caught with his neighbor's sheep on his 1
back, and fairly convicted of stealing, who shall
pay the costs, the honest farmer, or the sheep
thief? That is the question. I think it unfair
and unjust that the farmer should loose his pro
perty, and then be compelled to pay the cost of
the indictment. That would look like paying
the thief for stealing the sheep!!! General
Harrison is an honest man, without any fellow-
feeling for rogues and thieves, and when they
steal and are convicted for it, he has said they
must pa)' the costs ; and if they have found
stealing a bad business, snd have nothing to
satisfy the costs, they shall be hired out to
some individual to work for tlie amont of the
costs and charges of the indictment. And what
honest man in America thinks that is not right
and just? If every rogue was compelled to
work his passage to pay his fine and costs, tax
es would be lower and villains would be more
-r i
scarce, livery oody approves ot making a
convict work in the penitentiary; yes, white
men and white women, too,tthere confined by
iron bolts and bars, must work hard and live
hard, or receive the lash of the stern overseer.
Well, now, is it not easier and better for a con
victed felon (who, like the owl, feeds upon his
neighbor s poultry) to be hired or sold for a
month to a clever farmer, until he works and
makes money enough to pay his jail fees, and
court cosls ? Surely, it is much more just that
the infamous rogue should go into the field and
work and pay the jailor for his meat and bread,
than that he should set quietly in the prison
(perhaps playing cards with some fellow-sinner)
and occasionally peeping through, the grates
and overseeing some honest farmer toiling to
feed his family, and obliged to pay high taxes
beside to support and maintain lazy rascals, who
starve their own families and steal from their
neighbors. The virtuous people of Norlh Car
olina (who are in the habit of calling things by
their proper names) will not be deluded by cal
ling a sinner a saint ; or deceived hiy tenderly
calling a hog-thief, "a poor but respectable and
good neighbor-man." Surely, there is nothing
" respectable and good neighbor-man-like" in
catching a slippery fellow with your hog on his
back ; but an honest poor man may be broken
up by having many such neighbors.
I think Harrison's enemies and Van Buren's
friends must be hard run for objections, when
they charge and censure an old soldier for ap
proving a law to protect honest and good citi
zens against thieves andfobbers. " An honest
man is the noblest work of God," and we need
such men now , in public stations. I want an
honest, intelligent, independant man at the head
of Government toprevent frauds, and punish
public officers for stealing the public money.
To guard against such defalcations as Swart
wout's, when a million and a quarter of the
public money was lost by one officer,
How any set of men,who respect themselves
or their constituents, could make such uufound
ed accusations, is strange and passing strange.
The old war-worn soldier, having often done
battle for his country, has long since beat his
sword into the ploughshare, and his spear into
the pruning-hook, and Ife is now a plain farmer,
whose plain house is the seat of kindness and
hospitality; aud no matter how poor the person
mayjjc who calls, he "never finds thu door shut,
and the string of the latch pulled in." He con
verses easily and freely with all, upon any sub
ject. His habits, like his principles, are of the
plain republican old-fashioned school. All his
neighbors and acquaintances, and twenty thous
and people who meet him two hundred miles
from his home, at Fort Meigs, early in last
month, know he is not " shit up-f but made a
speech to that immense multitude, who camo
great distances to look upon and honor the pa
triot, who, upon that verumot, had defeated
snd conquered the united flTOs, and cruel coa
lition, of the Britisliindjglrldian. The grossest
nusrepreseuiauons ana mo vulgar aouse are
contninually heaped upon GemPrrison by the
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Globe, whirls the official organ of Mr. Van
Buren, and is a sort of daily circular letter is
sued to the people, denouncing and traduci-.,,
his competitor for lie Presidency. t It is verv
ungrateful thus to Vraducu and slander General
Harrison, who-has so often slept upon the win
ground among his soldiers, and waded through
streams and snows to. meet, and defeat, and ex
pel the enemies, of our country ; while his ac
cusers and villifiers, whom he protected, were
quietly sitting by the fire-side at home, with one
foot against the jainb, smoking the. pipe of
peace.
From the Susquehanna Register.
"Soys ! Bo you iicai That?"
movements of the people.
The opponents of Harrison and Reform in
this county are continually crying out, "Thero
are no changes here Our majority will be in
ci eased? To such as hear these statements
we would recommend a perusal of the follow
ing declaration from Twenty Five citizens of
Great Bend, in this county, lieaded by the
name of one of the most respectable leading
Van Buren men (hitherto,) in that section of
country. The reasons assigned for this change
are cogent and unanswerable, and as such, ive
recommend them to lhe attention of the public.
The paper was drawn up and sent us for pub
lication entirely voluntarily, and we are inform
ed in addition that there were other voters
whose minds had undergone a similar change,
but who had not chosen to make a public man
ifestation of it, as also that there were manv
former Van Buren men now " on the fence,"
and others who would not vote. We hear of
changes similar to ihee in many parts of the
county. A clear increase of 25 in a small
town in the "Hard Pan County," is a signifi
cant indication of the popularity of the gallant
Hero and Patriot Statesman, who, like Andrew-
Jackson, will bear down all opposition before
him. In the words of Ex-President Adams,
" Harrison will come in like a whirlwind P'
We, the undersigned citizens of Great Bend,
Susquehanna county, Pa. supporters of Maniu
Van Buren in 1837, taking into consideration
the measures of the present administration, we
view them as anti-democratic, and in opposi
tion to the principles of the old Jefferson School
of Politics. Our reasons for not supporting the
present incumbent any longer, are short, con
cise and republican.
1. We are opposed to a large standing army
in times of peace.
2. We object to the Sub-Treasury system,
as placing the control of the monied power iu
the hands of the Executive, thereby placing
the Army and Navy at his unrestricted service.
3. Wo shall oppose Martin Van Buren, be
cause he is not willing to have the power of the
President restricted by law, which, we assume
is necessary to.the maintenance of our Repub
lican institutions.
4. We despise the i4ea a of reduction of wa
ges, of arraying the rich against the poor, mak
ingthe poor man work hard for a small pittance.
while the rich are revelling in luxury. Finally,
we cannot conscientiously support a man who
is grasping at arbitrary power; destroying the
old landmarks of democracy,and paralyzing the
efforts of the country to sustain itselfunder its
present embarrasmets.
Therefore we shall without hesitation sup
port the genuine Democratic nomination of Har
rison and Tyler for our next President and Vice
President, believing Gen. Harrison to be an
honest old Farmer, an upright and enlightened
statesman and patriot, who fought the battles
of his country while Van Buren was taking his
ease at Kinderhook.
We call upon the old republicans of Susque
hanna to the rescue, lo unite heart and hand
in elevating an old and worthy veteran, who has
always enjoyed the confidence of the people,
to the Presidential chair, and sustain the honor
and character of our country.
THOMAS J. CONKLIN,
JAMES CLARK,
ELIAS THOMAS,
ISAAC VANARSDALE,
DAVID RICHARDS, Jr.
EVAN RICHARDS,
JOIIANNUS VENNOVY,
PETER CALDER,
W. B. CALDER,
ALBERT E. LANGLEY,
simeon w. McDonald,
HENRY BARLEY,
STEPHEN QUICK,
COR. OSTEROUT,
JOHN OSTERDUT,
ABRAM OSTEROUT,
MYRON MAYO,
TEUNIS VAN A NT W E R P
EBENEZER BROWN,
JAMES BROWN.
EAZER BROWN,
DIN WARNER,
ID G. LAIN.
ISAAC H. B. ROOSA.
Metallic Currency.
The Globe makes out nf f.lm citnrv
flint n. mouse sf.nl n snmp . . - f
to make a nest, a strong argniiu n
favor oi gold and against jiaj-j r t
rencj'. He must be right, we t!. in
and suppose that to be the casts v '
infer that the argument would inci;i..
all substitution or use of paper i .
metal. The Bible would give plac;
to the metal plates of Mormon, an
the Gazettes of the day would 1
etohed on brass, if published by a
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thority, and lhe;projSiamations a ife
messages ot president Van Buiw
would bo isuccUon Britannia wa:
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